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Sally Kiristen Ride
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Sally Ride was born may 26,1951,
Sally Ride died in July 23, 2012, Sally Ride was a Astronaut a Engineer a physicist a children's writer and a Higher education teacher.
childhood
childhood
Sally Ride's parents were Carol Joyce Ride and Dale Burdell Ride. Sally was the oldest. Her younger sister is Karen (Bear) Ride. Their dad was a social studies teacher and a science professor and their mom was a counselor at a prison for women. Sally had a dream of being a tennis professional. Sally had a strong passion for science at a young age. At age 10, she played tennis and won a scholarship to Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. In her teens, she was ranked 18th nationally on the junior tennis circuit.
In addition to her pioneering flight, Sally Ride flew aboard Challenger in 1984 and was training for a third mission in 1986 before the Challenger tragedy that year. She served on the Rogers Presidential Commission that investigated the Challenger accident and the board that looked into the Columbia disaster in 2003.
In addition to her pioneering flight, Sally Ride flew aboard Challenger in 1984 and was training for a third mission in 1986 before the Challenger tragedy that year. She served on the Rogers Presidential Commission that investigated the Challenger accident and the board that looked into the Columbia disaster in 2003.
later years
later years
After she left NASA in 1987, her passion for space and science continued. Ride joined Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control. She later became a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego.
bio-poem
bio-poem
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut physicist Engineer Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space.
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